Reborn in the red age

Chapter 184 Chinese New Year

Regarding her younger brother's offer to get the money to buy a house for her, the eldest sister repeatedly waved her hand and refused. When the time comes, she and Zhang will work hard to find a solution without having to take money from the family.

Seeing the two brothers and sisters discussing the house, Mother Li, who had been silent for a while, thought for a moment and intervened: "Second brother, please stop talking. The house matter is indeed a problem. The third brother was right, you can use the dormitory to get married. No, it will be inconvenient at that time. Don’t have a child and have someone kick it out.”

"Every little bird flying in the sky still knows that when you get married, you have to build a nest for yourself. With the situation of the Zhang family, don't even think about being able to pay for a house. The money to buy a house in the provincial capital will be provided by the family. You don’t need to pay back this money. When it falls in your name, it will be regarded as the dowry given to you by your family."

Li Youmei shook her head repeatedly: "No, no, how can that be done? The money in the family will belong to the eldest and third eldest son in the future. As a married girl, what will happen if my family buys a wedding house for me? What will you think of Fenzhan then? "

In this day and age, Li Youmei's thoughts are normal. According to everyone's general understanding, the money in the family is reserved for the men in the family and has little to do with the married girl.

Generally, families that love their daughters will give them more dowries, but they will not give them directly to buy a house. Only a son-in-law who comes to the house will have the girl's family pay for the house.

Li Qingfeng quickly said that he had no intention of saving money at home, and that all the money was at the disposal of Li's mother. As long as Li's mother and sister-in-law discussed the matter of buying a house, it would be fine.

"There's no problem with your sister-in-law. She's not the kind of person who cares about the family's money. I think Fenzhan is an honest kid. I'll explain it to him when the time comes. If he wants to pay back the money he paid for the house, I'll take it. No. Just pay the money and live here, anyway, you can’t live in the dormitory and get married.”

Mother Li's words were the final word, and Li Youmei didn't say anything more, acquiescing to the fact that her family would pay for the house.

Next, the mother and son discussed the details and came to the conclusion that after the Chinese New Year, Li's mother would accompany them to the provincial capital. Then they would look for anyone who had bought a house in the provincial capital and buy the house directly. For Li Youmei’s wedding.

Li Hongmei came back at noon. The family of five did a general cleaning at home, posted Spring Festival couplets that had been written by someone, and made dumplings in a lively manner, preparing for the New Year's Eve dinner in the evening.

Although the domestic economy is very poor this year, the supplies are indeed a lot richer. Mother Li has bought a lot of meat in the past few days. The meat filling she makes is real meat filling. It is full of meat lumps and there is no cabbage. How many.

In the evening, Sun Qian came to the door carrying large and small packages of gifts. Li's mother and sister-in-law, who had just arrived for the New Year's Eve dinner, enthusiastically welcomed Sun Qian into the house. Father Li looked at Sun Qian who came in and snorted coldly. He ignored her and just kept teasing his little granddaughter with candy.

Except for Li's father, who looked unhappy at the New Year's Eve dinner, the rest of the family welcomed Sun Qian.

Seeing Father Li with a straight face and not speaking, Qingfeng Li stood up with a wine glass and said to Father Li: "Dad, Happy New Year, I wish you all your wishes will come true and all the best in the new year."

"Hmph, don't talk about the New Year, I'm not satisfied now." Father Li didn't follow Qingfeng Li's auspicious words. He squinted at Sun Qian who was sitting at the dinner table and said in a strange way.

As soon as these words were spoken, the dining table, which had been quite lively just now, suddenly became deserted. Sun Qian was even more embarrassed and sat on the stool with an embarrassed look.

"Dad, you"

Before Li Hongmei finished speaking, Qingfeng Li, who was sitting next to her, pulled her arm hard and sat down, trying to smooth things over angrily: "What, my dad is talking about me, blaming me for not coming back to see him often. Sit down quickly, why are you standing up? Tell me which dish you can't reach, and Third Brother will pick it up for you."

With Qingfeng Li's help, Li Hongmei sat down reluctantly.

Under the authority of Mother Li, Li's father didn't say any more sinister words and just drank the white wine from the wine cup, even if the matter was revealed.

In the second half, no one bothered Li's father. Everyone in the Li family took the initiative to talk to Sun Qian, and the situation just now never happened again.

The Spring Festival Gala started in 83. Nowadays, even if you have a TV at home, you can’t watch the Spring Festival Gala. After the New Year’s Eve dinner, Mother Li didn’t let Sun Qian leave. The family sat on the sofa and ate sunflower seeds around the stove.

Through the chat on the New Year's Eve night, Li's mother found out everything about the situation at Sun Qian's family. It seemed that she was quite satisfied with the situation at Sun Qian's family, but she was a little regretful that Sun Qian quit his job.

Sun Qian was also good at observing people's emotions. When he saw Li's mother's expression, he knew that he might be in trouble. He quickly confessed that he could earn dozens of dollars a day by setting up a stall, indicating that he had the ability to support Li Hongmei.

"Oh, you can make so much money by setting up a stall." Sister-in-law Zheng Lili, who had been listening in, was secretly shocked when she heard that setting up a stall could earn several tens a day. Everyone knew that self-employed people made money, but they didn't expect that they could make so much money in a day. The income is almost the same as my monthly salary.

"It depends on the situation. When business is good, you can earn a hundred yuan a day, and when business is bad, you can earn 20 or 30 yuan a day."

As soon as these words came out, even Li's father was a little moved, and his prejudice against Sun Qian was a little less. Without him, he really earns too much. He can earn several years’ worth of salary in one month. Who wouldn’t be confused after seeing this? Li's mother was the only one in the room who didn't think anything about the income of the self-employed. Li Qingfeng earned much more, ten thousand to twenty thousand a month, and still earned US dollars. Last night, he also gave Li's mother a thousand yuan in foreign exchange coupons. For the three self-employed Mother Li doesn't like melons and jujubes.

After seeing Sun Qian off in the evening, the family secretly played mahjong at home. At the card table, the sister-in-law said with emotion: "What's wrong with this society? We, the workers of state-owned factories, say it sounds good and have face, but within a month A salary of tens of dollars. Although everyone looks down on self-employed people and thinks they are the scum of society and has no ability, they earn so much. One month’s income is what we people earn in one or two years. In this world It’s really hard to understand”

Mother Li didn't care much about this aspect. She didn't want to think about this issue even at her age. She said casually: "Just live your life well. If you are embarrassed, you can still earn so much money, 80,000 yuan." "

"Touched, Er Tiao." Qingfeng Li played the cards in his hand and had no intention of answering his sister-in-law. This was mainly an ideological issue. If he wanted to explain it, it would be that a child has no mother. It's a long story.

"Hey, there are two bars. There are flowers on the bars. Touch yourself. Give me money. Give me money."

The sister-in-law just sighed casually. After she got married, she completely forgot about her emotion and collected money from her family with a smile on her face.

After staying up until two o'clock in the evening, Qingfeng Li couldn't bear it any longer. He pushed the mahjong in front of him, and while there was still time, he lay back on the bed and planned to sleep for two hours.

Lock the door in the room, take out the memorial tablet and the black and white photo of the deceased from the space, place them on the table, take out the incense burner and light three cigarettes. After a brief worship, watch the cigarettes in the incense burner burn out, and put away this I put on my things, lay down on the bed, and fell asleep in a short while.

Awakened by the sound of firecrackers outside at five o'clock in the morning, Qingfeng Li's family dressed up and walked out of the house to visit relatives' homes to pay New Year greetings.

The Spring Festival holiday is not that long these days. The eldest sister works in the Industrial Bureau of the provincial capital, and the holiday only lasts until the third day of the Lunar New Year. After visiting relatives on the second day of the Lunar New Year, she bought a train ticket to the provincial capital early and took the train there. Go to work in the provincial capital.

It was also the third year of junior high school and Hu Jiabao, a fifth-year intern, took the train and passed by Qingfeng Li's house. He got off the train and came to the house to pay New Year greetings to Li's father and mother.

After sending Hu Jiabao back on the train to the capital, Li Qingfeng told Li's mother that the Hu family's parents wanted to meet to discuss the marriage and asked them to prepare. After the first month, Li Qingfeng arranged for the two parties to meet.

Hearing that her youngest son's marriage was about to be decided, the Li family members relaxed obviously. Mother Li said with a smile: "What did the in-laws say? Do you have any requirements? What about the betrothal gift?" "

"The Hu family doesn't want any betrothal gifts. All they need is a meeting and a meal between the two parents to finalize the marriage."

Qingfeng Li actually discussed this matter with the Hu family. The Hu family also knew about Qingfeng Li's situation, and they were very casual about the bride price, saying that they didn't need to give anything, as long as they were nice to their daughter.

After listening to Li Qingfeng's words, Li's father shook his head repeatedly: "It's not okay to ask for no betrothal gift. When the time comes, we must give some to the Hu family no matter what. If we don't give the betrothal gift, then our family is ignorant."

Qingfeng Li didn't have any objections to this. Let them discuss it when they meet.

On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, after all the relatives of the Li family had left, Li's father called Sun Qian to his home and had a talk with him.

The topic of the conversation was still about work. Li's father gave a condition. As long as Sun Qian could find a formal job, even if he was a factory worker, Li's father would allow him to fall in love with his younger sister.

The day after talking to Father Li, Sun Qian cleared out all the goods. After the goods were processed, he got on the train home overnight and went back to his hometown to adjust his files. During the remaining period, he had busy.

Looking for a job in the local county is easy or difficult for Sun Qian. It is not assigned by the state and he has to go through all the procedures by himself. It's not that easy to just transfer human relations. Fortunately, he is a college graduate, so it will be easier than ordinary people.

As long as there is an organization willing to accept it, it won't be a big problem.

After the Lantern Festival at home, it was time for Peking University to start school. As a teacher at the school, Qingfeng Li still needed to show up when school started.

He went to the train station with Li's mother. Li's mother went to the provincial capital to help her eldest sister buy a house, while Li Qingfeng bought a ticket to the capital and prepared to start work.

Arriving at the Capital Railway Station, Li Qingfeng hailed a tricycle, bundled up tightly and braved the cold wind towards the school.

(End of this chapter)